Tag: internet

  • Modem dialup sound slowed down 9000%

    If you ever connected a computer to the Internet before everything was online all the time (pre-2000), you probably remember that you connected the computer to a phone line via a modem. This modem made an odd sound when connecting, that sounded…

  • Tim Berner-Lee at CERN in 1994. An early version of World Wide Web software is running on the screen behind him (Image: CERN)

    Is the error code 404 Not Found based on a room at CERN or not?

    So, you have been on the internet and come across pages that for some reason no longer exist and you are presented with this three digit error code: 404, with the added text “Not Found”: The code simply means just that, the…